Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Incorporated database

The MPPDA Digital Archives consists of a database of the extant records of the General Correspondence files of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., covering the period from 1922 to 1939. Established in 1922, the MPPDA was the trade association for the motion picture industry, and included all the major companies producing and distributing motion pictures in the United States in its membership. The association was popularly known as the Hays Office, after its first President, Will H. Hays, who remained office until 1945. Hays was a leading Republican party politician, who resigned from President Warren Harding's Cabinet to take up the MPPDA position. After Hays' retirement, the association was renamed the Motion Picture Association of America.The documents in the MPPDA ís General Correspondence files are an immensely rich source of information about the history of the motion picture industry. They describe the organization and operation of the industry's trade association, and include extensive correspondence and other documentation relating to industry policy and public relations, distributor-exhibitor relations, censorship and self-regulation. The great majority of this material is unavailable from other sources.Grants:* 1997, 1998, MPPDA Archive digitisation and database development. Flinders University Establishment Grant to digitise the microfilm of the MPPDA Archive and develop a publicly accessible database.* 2000, 2001, Reforming the Movies: A Political History of the American Cinema, 1908 - 1940. ARC A00104524Date coverage: 1922 - 1939Location: United States

MPPDA数字档案库（全称：美国电影制片与发行商协会，Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.）以该协会1922年至1939年间的通用通信档案现存记录为馆藏基础，构建了专属数据库。该协会成立于1922年，是美国电影行业的行业协会，会员囊括当时美国所有主营电影制片与发行业务的头部企业。该协会因首任主席威尔·H·海斯（Will H. Hays）而被俗称为“海斯办公室”，海斯任职至1945年。海斯本人是美国共和党的资深政客，他从沃伦·哈定（Warren Harding）总统的内阁中辞职后，接任了MPPDA主席一职。海斯退休后，该协会更名为美国电影协会（Motion Picture Association of America）。

MPPDA通用通信档案中的文献是研究美国电影行业历史的极为丰富的信息源。这些文献详细记录了该行业协会的组织架构与运营情况，同时包含大量与行业政策、公共关系、发行商与放映商关系、电影审查制度及行业自律相关的通信文件与其他档案资料。其中绝大多数馆藏资料均无法通过其他渠道获取。

资助项目：
* 1997年、1998年：MPPDA档案数字化与数据库开发项目。由弗林德斯大学（Flinders University）提供设立资助，用于将MPPDA档案的缩微胶片进行数字化处理，并搭建面向公众开放的数据库。
* 2000年、2001年：《重塑电影：1908-1940年美国电影政治史》（Reforming the Movies: A Political History of the American Cinema, 1908-1940），项目编号ARC A00104524。

时间覆盖范围：1922年-1939年
馆藏地点：美国